TV station apologizes for saying Michigan won football game

Updated 10:30 am, Sunday, October 18, 2015

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A TV station in western Michigan is apologizing after a reporter told viewers that Michigan had defeated Michigan State — moments before the Spartans won the game on a crazy, final play.

Jamal Spencer of WZZM-TV was reporting live Saturday from outside Michigan Stadium. He said Michigan was "able to run out the clock."

Spencer said, "People are spilling out of Michigan Stadium into the streets of Ann Arbor celebrating." Back at the Grand Rapids studio, colleague Eric Lloyd quickly told the audience that the Spartans had won the game by returning a fumble for a touchdown.